It does not happen very often but I have heard that
it's possible to open a bottle of wine and
not to finish it. Although it may seem unrealistic, it
is true that it could happen, and in such cases the question that
arises us is how to keep a bottle of wine once it's open? What
matters here is that you manage to keep it just as well as when
we first opened it so the organoleptic properties remain intact
and the first sip of the repetition does not make us regret for
being sparing or restrained.

There are many tricks, I imagine that all of you
have seen those bottles of sparkling wine
(cava, especially at Christmas) adorned with a spoon stuck by the
neck, according to popular tradition "not to lose the gas
". Of course it's New Year's Eve and at a certain time of the
night you can come to believe almost everything you hear.

With red wine it gets
more complicated. Away from direct sunlight and heat
sources, keep it in the fridge or in our cellars seem
all particularly good ways to keep a bottle of wine once opened
but we can still achieve better results and scratch a few more
days to the calendar. Although I still think that you only live
once and when you have already opened the bottle you should
finish it.

Anyway, for those who remain committed to keep some of the
precious liquid, you have to consider that even though
you put the cork in there is still enough air into the
bottle, and the more air, more oxygen and, therefore,
further oxidation. The best would be to remove the air, somehow
manage to extract it, but how?

On the internet I have discovered that there are some
special wine closures (vacuum pumps) that
allow you to empty the air in the bottle. It is
necessary to use a vacuum pump, which will take care of that
every last speck of air remaining in contact with the wine
disappears. The result is spectacular, you will not notice
anything and the truth is that once you try it you have to say
that it's worth it.

Those times you still had some wine left but it was so
few that you just ended up throwing it down the sink are
a thing from the past. Here nothing is thrown away and even less
when we talk about wine. You can use the pump and the closure
several times, so that the investment (which also is not
significant) is really worth trying. Let me know when you do.

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My first observation is to simply not worry about it and drink it the next night. Young wines may even taste better. Alternatively, always have an empty half bottle around. Immediately decant a freshly opened bottle into the half bottle and cork with the freshly removed cork. Fill to a point that wine squirts out when recorked. Then a half hour later open the half bottle and enjoy it with the second half of your meal. The problem with vacuvin is not oxidation but the extraction of the small amount of subliminal carbon dioxide that is in most bottled wines so the wine may simply taste flat if not oxidized. It's all about the memories.